Resilience in children of substance users: In their own words

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 381-398

  Moe, Jerry ^a   Johnson, Jeannette L ^b   Wade, Wendy ^a  

^a Betty Ford Center   (United States)

^b FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children of substance users; Qualitative data; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CULTURE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250217864     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080601142147     Document Type: Article

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